History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . cyclopedia of Cold and SilverCoins of the World, which is still a standardwork on the subject, although sixteen yearsold, and in fact is the only work on the sub-ject, published, which so thoroughly and ex-haustively covers the ground. Mr. Smithspent seven years and many thousands of dol-lars in preparation of this work in collectingthe original of every gold and silver in Utah, Mr. Smith married a MissElberg, a yo


History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . cyclopedia of Cold and SilverCoins of the World, which is still a standardwork on the subject, although sixteen yearsold, and in fact is the only work on the sub-ject, published, which so thoroughly and ex-haustively covers the ground. Mr. Smithspent seven years and many thousands of dol-lars in preparation of this work in collectingthe original of every gold and silver in Utah, Mr. Smith married a MissElberg, a young lady whose parents lived ashort distance from his home in has two sons, the eldest of whom. Washington Smith, is married and has been en-gaged in the practice of law in this city forsome time, while his younger son, ArthurMason Smith, is still pursuing his Smith is a member of the Ancient Ordei-of United Workmen, of the Grand Ainiy ofIhe Reitublic, of the Ancient Free and Ac-ccj)1ed Masons, Royal Arch Masons and theKnights Templar. He is also a life memberof the Numismatic Society. Mr. Smith is alarge property holder in this city, having. A. M. sMrrri. great faith in its future developments. Hehas one of the largest general and ornitholog-ical libraries in the Northwest. His coin col-lection is one of the finest in the UnitedStates. He is a great traveler, having wisitcdevery country of the world, and generallyspends from three to six months of each yearin visiting old scenes and new. His principalbusiness is that of a dealer in (aliforniawines, which he conducts at 249 Hennepinavenue. Mr. Smith is very widely known onaccount of his anticpiarian proclivities, as hehas the largest individual collection of an-li(]uities, Indian curios, ancient weapons andtapestries in the Northwest, to which he iscontinually adding. His archaeological col-lection is esTXM-ially tine. QTTIST, Peter P., of Winthrop, Minn., isa ly])ical representative of that class of for-


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